Duchy of Trent

The Duchy of Trent  (574-1802) was one of the Italian States. Founded as an autonomous duchy of the Lombardii, and it was a Prince-Bishopric after the Holy Roman Empire subjugated Italy in 952. Trent was secularized (exempted from religion) in 1802 and became a part of Austrian Tyrol, and was occupied by the French Empire in 1805.